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Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

[with G. Y. Zinoviev] []

Socialism and War

The Attitude of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party Towards the War [1]

Proofed and Corrected: Alvaro Miranda and Andy Blunden, 2022.

Transcription\Markup: E. O'Callaghan

Contents

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PREFACE TO THE FIRST (Foreign) EDITION 297.

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

298 Chapter I.

The Principles of Socialism and the War of 1914–1915 299 Chapter II.

Classes and Parties in Russia 317 Chapter III.

The Restoration of the International 323 Chapter IV.

The History of the Split and the Present State of Social-Democracy in Russia 331

Notes

[]below ), but, without explanation, omits him as co-author.— Ed. ].

Note
[Note: All early editions of Socialism and War in several languages, including those published while Lenin was still alive, clearly acknowledged Zinoviev as co-author of the document. The Soviet English language edition of the Lenin Collected Works acknowledges Zinoviev's involvement ( see footnote [1
Notes and edition details

[1] Lenin decided to write the pamphlet Socialism and War (The Attitude of the R.S.D.L.P. Towards the War) in connection with the preparations for the First International Socialist Conference. G. Y. Zinoviev helped write the pamphlet, though most of it was drawn up by Lenin, who, moreover, edited the entire text. ↩

The pamphlet was published in German in September 1915 and distributed among the delegates to the Zimmerwald Socialist Conference. In 1916 it was published in French.

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